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Skin Lesions
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16
Nursing
Undergraduate 3
05/26/2014

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n- <1cm. flat, circumscribed (color)
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n- <1cm solid, elevated, circumscribed
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> 1cm (above) extends deeper into dermis
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n<1cm contains clear fluid

 

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nencapsulated, fluid filled cavity in dermis/SQ
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nsuperficial, raised, erythematous, discrete (mosquito bite)
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elevated, pus filled elevation
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dry exudate after vesicles/pustules break
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dessicated flakes of skin, dry or greasy
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linear crack (paper cut)
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scooped out shallow depression
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deeper depression into the dermis
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superficial abrasion, sometimes crusted
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after a skin lesion heals “well healed scar”
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hypertrophic scar – elevation after healing
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depression after healing
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